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a great victory or success
triumph
dried up from heat or lack of moisture
withered
falling or moving downward very quickly
plunging
a strong feeling such as love, hate, happiness or sorrow
emotion
expressed ridicule or contempt toward an idea
scoffed
the use of repeated words or phrases in a poem
repetition
shines in quick, bright flashes
sparkles
to stay in one place in the air
hovering
to surround or form a circle
encircle
to shrink, wrinkle, or wither
shrivel
to say or show something
express
two or more lines of poetry that together form a unit of the poem
stanza
to work hard to achieve a goal
attain
a meaning suggested by a word or the feeling associated with a word
connotation
large areas of land where people start living in a region new to them
territories
to turn or spin around quickly
whirl
hard to please and pickty
fussy
hanging or swinging loosely
dangling
person who looks for gold, silver, or minerals in the ground
prospector
a place where peole live when they first arrive in an area that is new to them
settlement
pictures of people often showing only the face and upper body
portraits
the basic definition of a word
denotation
a bunch of picked flowers
bouquet
to collapse or fall
topple
scoffed